newsgroup

noun

1. A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.

   ““Most of it’s garbage and we’re not even bothering to translate it. There’s also a substantial amount of material downloaded from the alt.anarchy and alt.chaos.communist Internet newsgroups. Interesting reading but not exactly pertinent,” Brognola said.”

   “Some of the users are 'old timers'; they have been around in the newsgroup for several years[…]”